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John Conlon refutes 'myth' that Tipperary won't come with all guns firing against Clare

John Conlon claims it’s a myth that Tipp won’t come with all guns firing to their do or die clash with Clare on Sunday.

This is the fourth week on the spin that Michael Ryan’s side are in action and, after the opening loss to Limerick, they had to fight hard to earn unlikely draws against Cork and Waterford.

This is the Premier men’s last fixture in the Munster SHC round robin structure whereas Conlon’s Clare are back in action after having last weekend off, and after an opening win loss to Cork and win against Waterford.

“I suppose it does help in a way,” said Conlon, the PWC Hurler of the Month for May.

“But every player now has to get into such a condition at the start of the year that they’re able to perform at this level.

“It’s new to every team and every player. We just did two light enough sessions last week on Friday and Sunday and just tried to keep the intensity high for that short period of time.

John Conlon after being presented with his PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month Award at the PwC Offices in Dublin (Image: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile)

“Look, (tiredness) it’s more of a myth more than anything else because if you’re going through the right protocols and look after yourselves, then there’s no problem in playing those amount of games.

“I would say the league is harder, maybe, because the ground isn’t as hard and the ball isn’t moving as fast.

“The only thing that might hinder teams is the mental side - there’s such a build up to games. But it’s great - a fantastic set up.

“It’s very exciting for players. We lost to Cork and literally two hours after getting the meal we had a meeting to see how we would prepare for Waterford, and you’re totally switched off from Cork.

“Last year if we played that game we probably wouldn’t have another game for another three or four weeks and everything would’ve been dissected - lads would have been down for the week.

“But on the night we just had to get tuned back in for Waterford.

“Mentally if you do badly one week, you can try and improve for next week.”

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Hello and welcome to our live blog for all the team news ahead of this weekend’s games.

It’s an extremely busy two days of action, with nine games taking place on Saturday and six on Sunday.

As always, we’ll be bringing you live updates from every single one of those matches.

One of the stories of the Championship, Carlow, continue their impressive journey and can book their place in the Leinster Football final by defeating Laois at Croke Park on Sunday.

The Munster Hurling Championship remains wide open and it’s still anybody’s guess who the teams will be that advance to the final. Two more games take place in in this week - Tipperary v Clare and Limerick v Waterford.

We’ll bring you all the team news for all the weekend’s matches live right here.